Epaulette



(No Model.)

L. CRANE & J. LINES.

EPAULETTE.

N0. 279,480. Patented June 12,1883.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD L. CRANE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AND JOHN LINES, OF WATER- BURY, CONNECTICUT; SAID LINES ASSIGNOR TO THE SCOVILL MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

EPAULETTE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,480, dated June 12, 1883.

- Application filed April 4,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, HAROLD L. CRANE, of Brooklyn, .in Kings county, and State of New York, andJoHN LINEs, of Waterbury,

in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have'invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Epaulettes, of which the following is a specification.

This improvement consists in a new article of manufacture consisting of an epaulette having a top plate stamped out of sheet metal, and in such form as to resemble interlaced cords.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is V a plan of an epaulette made according to our invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures. A designates the epaulette proper, or, in other words, the top part of the epaulette. It is made of a sheet of brass or other suitable metal, and is stamped into such shape as to resemble interlaced cords a b. The-contour of the cord and the marks representing the strands may all be produced by dies at one operation; but preferably the marks repre senting the strands of the cords will be produced in the surface of the metal before the contour of the cords is produced. A sufficiently-accurate delineation of the strands may be produced by making lines 0 upon the metal in the direction of the length of the epaulette to be produced and cross-lines d between the lines 0. This may be done with rollers, and

the contour of the cords may be produced afterward with dies. This top plate may be fire-gilded, or gilded by electroplating, and this work may be done after the shaping of the top plate is completed. The center of the outer enlarged portion of the top plate is cut out, and a convex piece of white-metal or whiteplated metal, B, is inserted in the opening thus produced. This convex piece of metal, as here shown, is insertedin the opening from the inner side of the top plate, and has a flange, e, which bears against the inner side of the top plate, and is secured thereto by solder. On the said convex piece are mounted figures,

of metal or other suitable material, indicative of the number of a regiment. Thesefigures are shown as having prongs f, which extend through holes in the convex piece, and are secured thereto by solder.

C designates a bottom plate, which is preferably made of white-metal or white-plated metal, and is secured to the top plate by turning the edges of the latter around its edges.

D designates a spring, consisting preferably of astrip of white-metal or white-plated metal, inserted through a slot in the bottom plate and soldered to the inner side of the latter. This spring, and also the bottom plate and top plate, are slotted to engage with a device whereby the epaulette will be secured in place. 6 5

It will be seen that by our invention we produce a simple and cheap epaulette, which will maintain its shape and standbadweather far better than an epaulette of ordinary make.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An improved article of manufacture, consisting of an epaulette having a top plate stamped out of sheet metal, substantially as described, in such shape as to resemble interlaced cords, substantially as specified.

2. An epaulette consisting of a top plate stamped out of sheet metal, substantially as described, in such shape as to resemble interlaced eords, and a bottom plate secured to the top plate, substantially as specified.

3. A11 epaulette consistingof a top plate stamped outof sheet metal, substantially as described, in such shape as to resemble interlaced cords, a bottom plate attached thereto, and a convex piece bearingfigures fitted to an opening in the outer portion of the top plate, substantially as specified.

HAROLD L. CRANE. JOHN LINES. 

